Chief
Student Marshal (valedictorian) representing the entire College of Arts
and Science's Master's candidates. Awarded
a two year complete tuition scholarship. Departmental
Honors: Graduation with High Distinction
July,
1998: Participated in the Industry-Education Program funded by the
National
Science Foundation. Training included one week at Hudson Valley
Community
College and two weeks mentoring with Taconic Technology (telephone,
cable,
and internet provider in Chatham).Spring,
1993 to Spring, 1996: Participation in the establishment of a high
school
science research program directed by Dr. Daniel Wulff at SUNY Albany.August,
1993: Completed New York State Physics Teacher Institute at the
University
at Buffalo.July,
1992: Completed New York State Earth Science Teacher Institute at the
College
of Saint Rose.Spring,
1992: Attended a series of Cooperative Learning workshops sponsored by
RCG BOCES.August,
1991: Completed the Kraft Institute on Recycling in Albany, NY.July,
1991: Completed 35 hour Woodrow Wilson Master Teacher Institute in
Secondary
School Physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
September,
1990 to Present: Chatham Central School, Chatham, NY.February
to May, 1990: Livingston Manor Central Schools, Livingston
Manor,
NY.September,
1989 to January, 1990: Monticello Central Schools, Monticello,
NY.September,
1985 - May, 1987: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.October,
1987 to August, 1989: Vespo Marketing , Thompson Ridge, NY.April,
1977 to October, 1987: S and G Pet Center, Monticello, NY.January,
2000: Awarded a $750.00 grant from New York State Electric &
Gas to study the efficiency of lightbulbs.
January,
1999: Presented the RadioShack/Tandy Scholar Award for "Academic
Excellence
in Mathematics, Science, and Computer Science".
January,
1997: Awarded a $250.00 grant from Questar III to develop
school-to-work
curricula. Developed two activities. The first allowed each
student to learn desktop publishing by designing and creating their own
book. The second project allowed students to design, program, and
publish their own web pages for the Internet.January,
1996: Awarded a $500.00 grant from WMHT-PBS for the purchase of
classroom
equipment to develop scientific activities based on two NOVA episodes
dealing
with earthquakes. Students will use their skills to find the epicenter
of an "earthquake" that is located on school grounds, as well as
conducting
several other related activities.December,
1995: Classroom activity Sugar Crystal Growing Kit accepted for
inclusion in the Science Kit/Boreal Laboratories catalog.February,
1995: Awarded a $500.00 grant from WMHT-PBS for the purchase of
equipment
to develop scientific activities related to the NOVA Rollercoaster
television
episode. Included in this grant was funding to construct a life-sized
section
of rollercoaster track on which students could ride and test the basic
physics principles involved.October,
1993: Presented the New York State Public Television Award for
Innovative
Teaching with Telecommunications by the New York State Board of Regents.September,
1993: Co-author of a grant for $3,000.00 from the National Center for
Service
Learning and School Change.February,
1993: Received a $1,000.00 grant from WMHT-PBS for the purchase of
equipment
to develop a series of classroom dinosaur investigations to further
enhance
our earth science curriculum.January,
1993: Awarded $150.00 of classroom equipment by Frey Scientific for the
student experiment The Effects of Starch Based Packing Materials on
the Environment.December,
1992: Received a $4,245.00 grant from the Toshiba America Foundation to
study the effects of radon gas on our community.
Complete
knowledge of a wide variety of word processing, desktop publishing,
spreadsheet,
communication, and educational software on the Windows platforms.
Extensive
Internet experience. Knowledge of HTML, Pascal, Basic, Visual Basic,
and
Fortran programming languages. Served on district committee to
establish
a five year computer technology plan.
Member
National Science Teachers AssociationMember
Science Teachers Association of New York StateMember
American Association of Physics TeachersCommunity
representative to the WMHT (PBS) School Services Committee (currently
chairperson)